Quotemeal: Oct. 7th, 1950

Saturday, October 7, 1950

"I have lived, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?"
— Benjamin Franklin

More Quotemeal

"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence."
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge —
"If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."
— Edgar Watson Howe —
"It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; "for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.""
— St. Ambrose —
"Pride is tasteless, colorless and sizeless. Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow."
— August B. Black —

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Illustration of Benjamin Franklin — "I have lived, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?"

Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Saturday, October 7, 1950

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Morning & Evening
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Evening Thought: Revelation 3:14
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